Thirty seems to be the theme for me this November. I’m well into not one, but two, thirty day challenges. I’m excited about them both for very different reasons and hope to share some insights and observations over the coming days and weeks. The first challenge is the Whole 30 challenge. Today is Day 15 for me. Most of our family is doing this challenge. We’re eating lots of fresh vegetables and fruits, proteins, good fats, and not eating any form of sweetener, additives, preservatives along with grains, dairy and legumes. Pretty much you could sum it up by saying we’re only eating real food. The process has been incredibly eye opening and we’ve learned so much. It’s from these lessons that I want to share.
The other challenge is NaNoWriMo. That’s a fun abbreviation for National Novel Writing Month, something I never heard of before last year. I have a couple of friends who did it last year and it peaked my interest. I’m not sure why, as I’ve never had a compelling desire to write a novel. I have thought of writing a book before, but something like a devotional or a children’s picture book. All year the idea rattled about in the back of my head and with a couple of my twitter buddies taking the challenge, I decided to give it a try. I’m a week into this challenge and significantly behind my word count so I must keep this brief and get back to writing! I believe this is going to be another eye opening experience and I’ll be looking forward to sharing about it too!
It may be December before any of the thoughts milling about in my brain actually make it to this blog. It’s hard, after all, to write a novel and blog at the same time!